New Green MP Barry Coates says he has achieved change from outside politics and now he wants to achieve change from within the political system.

The mother of the first person to get approval to use medicinal cannabis in New Zealand has made an emotional plea to Parliament to make it easier for others to get access to the drug legally.

Labour, Greens and the Maori Party released the results of their inquiry this morning after holding public hearings around the country.

Green MP Marama Davidson has been released by Israeli authorities in Tel Aviv and is on her way back to New Zealand.

Green MP Marama Davidson is among a group of 13 women detained by Israeli authorities while in a flotilla trying to get to Gaza.

An environmental and political activist who had 220 rotting lambs' tails dumped on his property believes he was specifically targeted.

Health authorities are considering plans to move mental health patient Ashley Peacock, to the dismay of his parents.

The Productivity Commission is toying with the idea that secondary school students begin a savings fund for university.

The Green Party has reshuffled its caucus ahead of the departure of MP Kevin Hague.

The Green Party is the first party to include a voluntary euthanasia policy in its manifesto.

Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in support of a child sex offenders register today - but it won't be available to the public.

The gap between rich and poor is growing in New Zealand, new data shows, partly driven by rising housing costs.

Housing Minister Nick Smith is accusing Labour of immaturity after they hijacked his urgent changes to housing policy.

"This a brutal job", Green MP Kevin Hague said after announcing his resignation from Parliament this week.

Getting rough sleepers off the street could have a net economic benefit in NZ, an Opposition-led inquiry into homelessness has heard.

Green MP Marama Davidson heads the cross-party Inquiry into Homelessness. She says homelessness has affected her own friends and family members.

After locking in its long-term climate change target, National is seeking a cross-party approach to the issue for the first time.

The Green Party has received more than $280,000 from a supporter it never knew it had.

Renters would no longer pay leasing fees and rent increases would be limited to once a year under a private members bill to go before Parliament.

More companies such as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare are needed and setting up a Minister for Manufacturing will help that happen, the Green Party says.

Labour and the Greens say the new lending rules won't be enough to slow rapid property price hikes.

The Green Party says it will not soften its anti-genetic modification stance despite a plea from some of the world's top scientists.

COMMENT: I am pleased for Labour and the Greens. Truly I am. They have tied the knot. They have announced they're together.

COMMENT: People all over New Zealand come up to me on the street and say, "Do I know you? You look familiar. Are you famous?"

COMMENT: Like a good piece of art, the one-page agreement between Labour and the Greens had something in it for everyone.

The New Zealand branch of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sent tens of millions offshore while paying virtually no tax.

The Green Party has lost its third senior staff member in as many months after chief of staff Andrew Campbell announced his resignation.

The Greens do that and always propose banning what they don't like - that's becoming a very long list, writes Rodney Hide.

Act wants the green vote - arguing its ideology is the best bet to save the environment and the party's proud green history has been ignored.